Extraction of lipids from microalgae using monophasic-biphasic separation via hexane-acetone-water system Academic Article

abstract

• Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis. Effective extraction of lipids from aqueous algae is challenging due to miscibility issues of lipophilic extraction solvents like hexane with the aqueous media. However, we observed that a polar aprotic solvent such as acetone can make the original biphasic system monophasic, thus permitting higher extraction yields. The attractiveness of such a system is the ability to modulate phase stability by changing solvent concentrations so that the lipid-rich phase can eventually be easily separated. In this paper, a solvent system containing hexane and acetone is presented as an alternative to the common Bligh and Dyer extraction system.

authors

• Fernando, Sandun

published proceedings

• BIOFUELS-UK

author list (cited authors)

• Samarasinghe, N. U., & Fernando, S. D.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Samarasinghe, Nalin U||Fernando, Sandun D

publication date

• January 2015

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Biofuels  Journal

keywords

• Acetone
• Biphasic Extraction
• Hexane
• Microalgae
• Oil Extraction

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/17597269.2015.1057792

start page

• 129

end page

• 135

volume

• 6

issue

• 1-2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2015.1057792